Toys R Us No Longer Accepting Online Orders, Linking to goodbuytoysrus.com

So I wonder where all of the online and warehouse stock is going to end up? Probably wont be going into the closing stores. I feel like liquidation stores big and small are going to be amazing come the holiday season. I'm really looking forward to seeing what shows up at the local salvage stores come October or so.

Emerje

Rated X wrote:

BombshellDaBug wrote:I look forward to the day where someone buys Toys R Us Canada for the low price of $10 and a used napkin.

I bid $11 and a used toilet paper. Any counter offers?

$11.25, USD, and unused toilet paper, triple ply

i had never picked up grotusque, and the website had him in stock. so when i got paid and had the money to buy him, i went online and found this. bad things come to those who wait lol

Kyleor wrote:

Rated X wrote:

BombshellDaBug wrote:I look forward to the day where someone buys Toys R Us Canada for the low price of $10 and a used napkin.

I bid $11 and a used toilet paper. Any counter offers?

$11.25, USD, and unused toilet paper, triple ply

$12.01 in cash a half empty box of tissues and 1 sheet of bounty paper towel, try and beat that offer

I'll bid a Box of Costco sized tissues for all you Americans to wipe your tears away because Canada is going to keep having TRU.

Galactic Prime wrote:I'll bid a Box of Costco sized tissues for all you Americans to wipe your tears away because Canada is going to keep having TRU.

I'll add this.

the last thing online i got was TR arcee and the last thing i got at the store was the Chaos on Velocitron set that was toward the holidays but since then every time i go in there they are either always out of POTP and masterpiece stuff or only have the shelf warmers i already have but always too much of the last night and robots in disguise merchandise

My TRU store abruptly today. I was there last night and there were some empty shelves but still lots of merchandise (including Cybertron). I only picked up a couple things and planned on going tomorrow to get a couple more but I just found out it's permanently closed today. I would have bought a lot more had I known they were closing today. I'm bummed.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:I'll bid a Box of Costco sized tissues for all you Americans to wipe your tears away because Canada is going to keep having TRU.

I'll add this.

I was making terrible jokes at the expense of all my american compatriots today with my wife when I strolled into a fully stocked TRU in Canada that was alive and well.

And picked these up for a friend:



Toys the US never got at retail from a store the US no longer has.

You've got the touch Willie, you've got the power.

Thought about taking the journey down to the one remaining TRU in the state next week while I'm on vacation, but it isn't showing up on the store locator. Either the locator is broken or they abruptly closed down all of the stores in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, the nearest one to me is in Massachusetts now.

I guess I can't be too surprised, they probably don't have any staff left working in them. I found a local article talking about how they've always had retention issues and have had a parade of other stores' recruiters coming in and leaving their business cards in the break room recently.



Emerje

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Galactic Prime wrote:I'll bid a Box of Costco sized tissues for all you Americans to wipe your tears away because Canada is going to keep having TRU.

I'll add this.

I was making terrible jokes at the expense of all my american compatriots today with my wife when I strolled into a fully stocked TRU in Canada that was alive and well.

And picked these up for a friend:



Toys the US never got at retail from a store the US no longer has.

Alive and well for the time being

If you still have a TRU giftcard you can use it at Bed Bath and Beyond.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/04/03/pf/bed- ... index.html

^ now kids can get that TF electric toothbrush, and bed sheet set they always wanted

I agree that it's a sad trade but it's better than nothing. Bed Bath and Beyond does have candy though.

Hm, I knew about the trouble Toys 'R' Us was in, but I didn't stop to think about what this would mean for Transformer toys. I never bought TF toys from them because the TRU isn't very conveniently located from where I reside (both in distance and actually being able to find the entrance to their parking lot).

It seems, while there are no new shipments, the TRU's are redistributing product to stores that have higher customer sales. There are roughly 4 stores within a 20 mile radius of my home. I was a bit taken back when I went to the store nearest me a couple days ago and they appeared to have new product. The store clerk told me they were getting shipments of product from other stores closing down, and that "they would be the last to close" (now I assume that meant for our local area, not for the whole country...) . Still since most things I'm interested in were still only at 10% off, that's still higher than walmart or target, so I'm still waiting patiently for the sale amounts to increase enough to make it worth my while.

There were 2 stores in the bay Area, and one small outlet store in my area slated to close, even before the mass closing. It will be interesting to see indeed how long it takes for all the stores to close down. At this rate, I cant see it happening as soon as May, unless some deep discounts come pretty quickly. I guess I'm just comparing it to K-Mart. In my area it took several months foi rthe store to close. It died a slow death as the quantity of product grew to be less and less. I imagine the same for TRU, but I guess conceivably they could close before selling the majority of their product. I just have no idea where the unsold toys would go. Seems like a huge waste to send them back to their respective manufacturers, and I'm not sure if TRU would ship them directly to places like Marshalls, Ross or TJ Maxx.

LOL you want to talk slow painful death you should have seen Target in Canada. It started the day they opened

Galactic Prime wrote:LOL you want to talk slow painful death you should have seen Target in Canada. It started the day they opened

Man, I'm still bumbed about it. That was another place to hunt and they had the exclusives that I didn't had to import for once.

Sigh, too bad they were just "Walmart lite". Seriously, even Sears have gone under. The Bay need to double down on being high-class or their turn is next.

Not the closest TRU to me, but one about 10 miles out, on the other side of town. LOL...Yeah Windblade is definitely a "fan favorite"....